Can you go home the same day after appendix surgery? this study says maybe.
NCT ID NCT01839435
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at whether people with simple appendicitis can safely go home within 12 hours after surgery instead of staying overnight. Researchers followed 120 adults who had their appendix removed and checked if they were discharged quickly. The goal was to see if same-day discharge is practical and safe.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- outpatient surgery (appendectomy)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that many people with simple appendicitis can go home the same day after surgery, reducing hospital time and costs.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center study with only 120 participants. Results may not apply to all patients, and some may still need overnight care due to complications.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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120 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Apr 2013
- Finished
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Mar 2016
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Non complicated acute appendicitis which has been diagnosed at physical, paraclinical and morphological examination * Adult patient * Patient with sufficient understanding * Good compliance with medical prescription * Hygiene and housing equivalent to a hospitalization * Availability of an accompanying able to prevent the surgeon if necessary, to accompany the patient and stay at night next to him * Less than one hour from an health care adapted to the surgical structure * Quick access to a telephone * Patient affiliated with social protection Exclusion Criteria: * complicated appendicitis * pregnancy or breastfeeding * unstable vital signs or fever * objective signs of diffuse peritonitis * ward of court or prisoners * Discovery of a complicated shape (severe sepsis, abscess, generalized peritonitis) * Discovery of an alternative diagnosis * Performing an associated gesture (colectomy or typhlectomy, annexectomy...)
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Amiens University Hospital
Amiens, France
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